Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany)
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Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) | |
€7.676 billion (2021)[1] | |
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Website | http://www.bmel.de |
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
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Organization
The current Minister for Food and Agriculture is Cem Özdemir. The Parliamentary State Secretaries are Silvia Bender, Claudia Müller (politician) and Ophelia Nick.[2] In addition to the Ministry Management (including management staff), it consists of eight departments (as of September 2020):[3]
- Department 1: Central Division
- Department 2: Consumer health protection, nutrition, product safety
- Department 3: Food safety, animal health
- Department 4: Agricultural markets, food industry, export
- Department 5: Forests, sustainability, renewable raw materials
- Department 6: EU affairs, international cooperation, fisheries
- Department 7: Agricultural production, horticulture, agricultural policy
- Department 8: Rural development, digital innovation
Agencies
Under the auspices of the BMEL are various Federal agencies, legally independent institutions under public law and government research institutes:
- Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
- Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
- Federal Office of Plant Varieties
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
- Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants
- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
- Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Nutrition and Food
- Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
- Agency for Renewable Resources
Federal ministers
See also
- List of federal ministers of food, agriculture and consumer protection (Germany)
- Julius Kühn-Institut
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
References
- ^ "Bundeshaushalt". www.bundeshaushalt.de. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "BMEL - State Secretaries". www.bmel.de. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Organisationsplan des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft" (PDF). bmel.de (in German). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
External links
- Website Archived 2014-10-07 at the Wayback Machine